One of the most striking statements of this theme has come from Kenneth Boulding, an eminent economist and imaginative social thinker. In justifying his view
This part taken from the book is quite interesting: The truly troubling thought, though, is that those of us who’d never dream of choosing a
The four points can be briefly summarized by conceiving the reader as conversing with the author, as talking back. After he has said, “I understand
In this book I’ve found a very interesting comparison between Louis XIV and Napoleon: The discussion so far has stressed Louis’s missteps and failures, but
An interesting story from the book You Turn: The story goes that Picasso was in a restaurant and started drawing on a napkin for a
I read this fascinating thing in Made to Stick: In 1990, Elizabeth Newton earned a Ph.D. in psychology at Stanford by studying a simple game
I was reading this book and stumbled upon this part that was amusing to read: What is supportable is that Caesar proudly wore every feature
I read this part about different forms of attention in the book Stolen Focus: I landed into a freakishly warm Russian winter. There was no
I’ve stumbled upon this interesting concept from the book Stolen Focus. It’s called Cruel Optimism: Ronald gave lots of examples of this idea, which was